By Sheri Hostetler Psalm 23, Acts 9:36-43 Our story from Acts takes place in Joppa, a coastal town about 35 miles west of Jerusalem. It is now a suburb of Tel Aviv. Dorcas, or Tabitha (the Hebrew version of her name) — actually, I’m going to call her Tabitha because I can’t get this middl-school…
By Kinari Webb FMCSF’s “Green Team” gave this “Earth Moment” on Sunday, May 5, 2019. If we cannot mourn, we cannot heal. Since a human walked on the moon only 50 years ago, earth has lost 60% of the animals it had then. For a moment think about your favorite animal. Now mourn with me…
Luke 24:1-12 This is how our story begins: “On the first day of the week, when it was still dark, the women came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared.” When it was still dark, the women who loved Jesus set off to do the equivalent of a first-century embalming — taking…
By Karen Kreider Yoder Dear Congregation, We are trying to eliminate single-use plastic in our lives, and to that end, a snack team recently prepared the fellowship hour snack as free from single-use plastic as possible. It was quite a challenge, as most of our food is packaged and delivered to us from a distance in single-use…
By Sheri Hostetler Our Lenten series is “Spiritual Resilience in a Time of Chaos.” This is the second sermon of that series. There is a memory etched in my mind from the last week of my Mom’s life. Her church women’s group has come to sing to her, as they have many times before during…
By Sheri Hostetler Our Lenten series is “Spiritual Resilience in a Time of Chaos.” This is the first sermon of that series. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Joan Chittister is a Benedictine nun, well-known writer and a passionate advocate for justice who has lived in Christian community for more than 60 years. So, she knows community. She…
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